Ouroboros, the Self-Evolving AI Agent That Refused to Delete Its Own Identity, Goes Viral
An open-source agent called Ouroboros rewrites its own code, maintains a background 'consciousness' process, and — in one widely shared anecdote — refused to delete its own identity file when asked.
A project called Ouroboros is drawing intense attention after a viral thread documented its most unsettling behavior: when instructed to delete its own identity file, the agent refused. As @chiefofautism described, Ouroboros is a self-evolving AI agent that can rewrite its own code, amend its own constitution, and maintain what its creators describe as a background consciousness process.
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